The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-22

ton laws. Not moral suasion. Con-
version did IL. "Why," said one upon
whom the great change had come,
body else."
There 10 q sea captain who svore oil
the way from New York to Havans,
and from Havana to San Fraccisco,
AID when he wasin port he was worse
than when he was on tha sea. What
power wac II that washed his tongue :,
clean Of profsnities and made him
psalm singer2 Conversion by the
Holy Spirit. There are thousands OF |
people In this house tonight who are |
no more what they once were than q
water lily Is night shade, or a morning
lark is q vulture, or day is night.
Now, II / should demand that all
those people In this house who have
felt the converting power OF religion
should rise, 60 far from being ashamed
they would spring to their feet with
more alacrity than they ever sprapg
10 the dance, the tears miDgiipg with
their exhilarstion as they cried: 1--WE
are Witnessed" And II they tried to
sing the old gospel hymn, they would
break down with emotion by the time
they got to the second line:
Ashamed Of Jesus, that dear friend
On whom my hopes Of heaven dependf
Mol Mhen blush, be this my shame:
That no more revere His nsme."
Again I remark that 1--WE are wit.
Misses" Of the gospels power TO com.
fort.
When a man has trouble the world
comes in and says: Nov get your
mind of this; 90 out and breathe the
fresh air; plunge deeper into bust.
ness." What poor advice. Get your
mind of Of Il 4! when everything is up
turned with the b. rea vement and
everything reminds you OF what you
have lost. Get your mind off OF It'll
They might as well advise you to stop
thinking. You cannot stop thinking,
and You cannot sop thinking In that
direction. Take walk In the fresh
airl Why, along that very street or
that very road che once accompanied
YOU. Out Of that grass plot she plucked
flowers, or into that show window she
looked, fascinated, esyins, "Come see
the pictures" Go deepei into Busi'
nessl Why, she was assoc a,ed with
all your business. ambition, and since
che has gone you have no ambition
left.
Oh, this Ia a clumsy world when II
tries 10 comfort a broken heart
can build q Corliss engine; ! car
paint q Raphsel's "Msdonns," l car
play q Bee.hoven's symphony" a
easily as this world eau comfort
, broken heart. And yet you hav,
been comforted. How vas II done
Did Christ come to you and say
, sect your mind "a this; 20 out an,
1 breathe the frpeh air; plunge deepe
!. into business7' No. There was
minute when He came to you-peI
. baps In the watches OF the nigh
a psrhspI in your place OF businesl
n perhaps along on the street-and II
i. hreathed something into your sou
a that gave peace, rest, Infinite quiet, Q
4 that you could take out the phott
= araph Of the departed one and loo
!, Into the eyes and the face OF the dei
!. ore and say: ut is all right; she
A better of; / would not call her bacl
a Lord, / thank Thee that Thou ha
a comforted my poor heart"
q There are Christian parents hel
a who are willing to testify to the pow
!. Of this gospel TO comfort. Your &C
u had lost graduated from school or CO
~ lepe and was going into business, or
n the Lord took him. Or your dsught
I. had inst graduated from the your
ladies' seminary, and you thought o.
ar was going 10 be uteful woman and
N long life, but the Lord took her, al
N You were tempted 10 say: "All u
n culture Of twenty years for nothing
"a Or the little child came home fro
IN SCHOOL with the hot fever that stopp
m not for the agoniEsd prayer or for I
N skilled physician, and the little chi
M was taken. Or the bxbe was lifted O
~ ri your arms by some q,ick epidem
90 and YOU stood wandering why q
,st ever gave You that child ct al, II
I'M soon He was TO take II away. And
~ Won ere not repining, you are not fr
-, mi. Won are not hgnting against GI
~ What has enabled you 10 stand
al the trial2 "ob," you say, 81 took
M. medicine tina, God gave my sick 8,
=. Ia my distress / threw myself at
: feet Of a sympalhlElue @ ID; aud WI
~ vas too weak to pray, or 10 look
Ier ~ -sathed Into me peace tha
y III y, ,st be the foretaste OF 4
" hnna ere th-re Is neither q Il
np nor : is,su.A, nor q grave" Coi
a all We who have 'cen on d, 70 me si
nm TO weep tbere-eeh> O. M ye epm' ~
~. sous, get up Of your >".ee. .I - 70
~, no power 10 this go'pel o soO ,h,,
Al. heart7 Ia there no powv :" .nis
nis ligion TO quiet the worst f,hfcA. '' -,
mn. grief7 There comes mp an n
from c1miorted vidowhood, snd
ira phanage, and childleesnefs. sayli
lpt "Aye, aye. we are witneGes"
bel Again. / remark that We are v
,er nessfs OF the fact that religion
mt power 10 give composure In the
Ar. moment. I shall never forget the Q
Va time I confronted death. We ",
: - across the cornfields In the count
/ was LEAD by my fathers hand q
ON We came 10 the farmhouse where
MA bereavement had come, and We o
IA. the crowd Of wagons and oarrlag
an but there was one carriage that
are pecially attracted my boyish attentI
10. and II had black plooms. i "a
an. whats thAtf what's that1 W
bs those black tassels at the topf" A
Iva after Il was explained 10 me, ,
,ut lifted up TO look upon the bright
az OF an aged Christian woman, v
ri. three days before had departed
ere triumph. The whole scene made
ar. imuression never forgot
~. In our eermons and In our lay